Kotn is a Canadian clothing retailer that sells both online and in their own retail stores in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.[1] During her time working at the luxury department store Holt Renfrew, Mackenzie Yeates noticed the lack of ethical options available to the wider market. [2] The business is based on the idea of providing middle market sustainable clothing.[3] The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.[4]
Awards
In 2018, founders Benjamin Sehl, Mackenzie Yeates, and Rami Helali were included in Forbes' 30 Under 30 in the category "Retail & Ecommerce."[5]
In 2019, Kotn won the Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards Sustainability Award[6] for the organization's work building schools for its farmers' children in Egypt.[7]
References
- Locations Kotn^
- Caroline Tell. Finally The Perfect T-Shirt, Courtesy of Kotn Forbes, 2018-10-18, retrieved 2020-02-17^
- Aleesha Harris. For Canadian brand KOTN, it's about more than clothes Vancouver Sun, 2019-01-04, retrieved 2020-02-17^
- About Kotn, retrieved 2020-01-21^
- Kotn Forbes, retrieved 2020-01-21^
- 2019 Winners | CAFA www.cafawards.ca, retrieved 2020-01-21^
- What you need to know to shop socially and environmentally conscious this holiday season CBC^